Skip to main content

Essays Due

Seniors
Your revision papers are DUE on Friday. Please include all drafts, including the original, hand-written version. In addition, don't forget about the rhetorical terms quiz #2.

Sophomores
Your one-page reflection papers are DUE on Friday. Even though I won't be able to verify your experience -- whether or not you spend a tech-free hour of solitude somewhere outside -- please write about your experience honestly. The goal here is to reflect on the relative silence and quiet of your yard. Even if you don't have some "revelation" or transcendent moment, write about what your senses detect. Thoreau and Emerson suggest that if you allow yourself to go beyond your senses, however, you will open yourself to ideas and inspiration. So try it.

Jot down notes during your hour an any form you'd like, but the report itself needs to be written in complete sentences. Please attach your notes to the final typed copy of your report. This paper should be typed and formatted according to MLA. That means, among other things, that it should be in 12-point Times New Roman and double-spaced.

Popular posts from this blog

O Brother, A Response Paper

Hello Freshmen... Your assignment for the weekend is to write a 250-word (one page) response paper on O Brother, Where Art Thou . Please type and format according to MLA. You may choose from the two topics below: (1) Respond to the lyrics of one song from the film. Using your lyric sheet (or the internet ), connect the lyrics of one song to the movie's characters/setting/events. In other words, explain how the lyrics are relevant to the film. (2) Choose one of the historically relevant elements of the movie and look up an article on Wikipedia . Print out the article; then, summarize it and connect it to the movie's characters/setting/events. Be careful not to plagiarize the article, which should be stapled to your reponse. Ideas discussed in class include The Great Depression, con artist, chain gang, Populism (George Wallace, Huey P. Long, W. Lee O'Daniel), Ku Klux Klan (William Joseph Simmons), and George "Babyface" Nelson.

ACT Prep

Good luck on the ACT tomorrow, those of you who are taking it. To help you prepare, and for future reference, here are some materials for you to work with at home: ACT Prep - from the official site - including sample tests Test Prep Review - has "self-assessment modules" in several subjects ACT Sparknotes ACT Test Questions

Career Search

A good place to start with your career search is a personality test. There are several online to choose from, and there are many career aptitude tests, as well. Generally speaking, my advice is to look for a career that combines your interests and your aptitudes (both in your personality and your skill set). Look through the following and see if any are helpful: 16 Personalities (based on the Meyers-Briggs ) Skills Profiler (from the U.S. Department of Labor) Princeton Review Career Quiz Free Career Aptitude Tests (a list from The Balance ) Later this week, we will try to match up your aptitudes and interests with a career by looking at College Board's BigFuture site. We will also look at the ACT in detail ( Planning Your Future e-book ). Finally, we will explore the Occupational Outlook Handbook to see more thorough descriptions and projections.